Case Report

Scapular Bronchogenic Cyst in a Girl Presenting as Recurrent Cellulitis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Table 1

Reported cases of scapular bronchogenic cysts reported in the literature.

CaseSexAge at initial presentationInitial presenting symptomSideHistopathologyOutcomeReference

1M≤2 yMassRRE and smooth muscleSurgical excision and resolutionPul and Pul [17]
2M10 yMassRRE and lymphoid aggregatesSurgical excision and resolutionDas et al. [18]
3M≤2 yAsymptomaticLNot documentedSurgical excision and resolutionFraga et al. [10]
4M2 yAsymptomaticRNot documentedSurgical excision and resolutionFraga et al. [10]
5M≤2 yAsymptomaticLNot documentedSurgical excision and resolutionFraga et al. [10]
6M4 yMassLRE, goblet cells, smooth muscle, and mucous glandsSurgical excision and resolutionYu et al. [19]
7M46 yGrowing massLRE, sebaceous glands, squamous epithelium, and malignant melanomaSurgical excision, metastasis, and deathTanita et al. [16]
8M≤2 yGrowing massRRESurgical excision and resolutionTresser et al. [20]
9M≤2 yGrowing massLRE, goblet cells, and smooth muscleSurgical excision and resolutionJona [13]
10M4 yMassRRE alternating with stratified squamous epithelium, goblet cells, sebaceous glands, and smooth muscleIncision and drainage, subsequent surgical excision, and resolutionvan der Putte and Toonstra [21]
11F8 yAsymptomaticRE, goblet cells, and mucous glandsSurgical excision and resolutionManconi et al. [22]
12F≤2 yDraining sinusLRE alternating with stratified squamous epithelium, and mucous glandsSurgical excision and resolutionOzel et al. [23]
13M3 yDraining sinusRRE, stratified squamous epithelium, and lymphoid aggregatesSurgical excision and resolutionKundal et al. [24]
14M3 yMassLRESurgical excision and resolutionAl-Balushi et al. [11]
15F5 yDraining sinusLRE and lymphoid aggregatesSurgical excision and resolutionFarag et al. [12]
16M≤2 yAbscessRRE, smooth muscle, squamous epithelium, and sebaceous glandsSurgical excision and resolutionNakamura et al. [14]
17F4 yDraining sinusLRE, smooth muscle, and seromucous glandsSurgical excision and resolutionBlanchard et al. [25]
18M3 yAbscessLRESurgical excision and resolutionZhu et al. [9]
19M≤2 yDraining sinusLRE, squamous epithelium, goblet cells, smooth muscle, and seromucous glandsSurgical excision and resolutionSun et al. [15]
20F5 yRecurrent cellulitisLRE, smooth muscle, mucous glands, and lymphoid aggregatesSurgical excision and resolutionCurrent case

RE = respiratory epithelium (ciliated columnar or cuboidal epithelium +/− pseudostratified); L = left; R = right;  = unknown, original article in Italian.